2014-15 Round 5

(St. Francis, WI) -- It took until the 15th race of last season for Ev Kamikawa to collect his second win of the season, this year he wasted no time and scored his second and back-to-back win at the Turkey Trot at the Inside Edge at South Shore Superspeedway. Kamikawa took an early lead and never looked back as he opened up a lead on second place finisher Mike Lack, finally holding a nine lap gap at the checkers. It as Kamikawa's event record tying fifth win of the frozen turkey, but his first since 2000, when he dominated the early years of the race.

St. Francis, WI - Mike Fitzlaff scored his first win of the season at the Turkey Trot at the Inside Edge at South Shore Superspeedway. Fitzlaff held off a hard charging John Wiedemann who finished second, the two were the only survivors of the de-slot race, as their JMM Racing teammate, Mike Lack, dropped out earlier to finish third, and hometown favorite Dan Margetta rounded out the field to finish fourth.

It has been a disappointing season so far for the driver who ended last season with a win in the 500 and had high hopes for this season. After a best finish of sixth in the first four races, Fitzlaff's chances weren't looking good after qualifying last. Mike Lack scored the pole and the heats were setup by the qualifying results.

The night, and possibly the season, turned around for Fitzlaff as he stormed to the lead in the opening half of the first heat race. Teammate Wiedemann took over the lead midway through the second half and held on for the win as Fitzlaff slowed to preserve a berth to the finals as he was in danger of de-slotting out. The second heat race was won by Margetta with Lack finishing in second and transferring to the final.

Fitzlaff kicked back into high gear as the green flag flew in the final and quickly pulled out to a commanding lead. Teammates Lack and Wiedemann tried to keep pace with the leader as Margetta struggled with handling. Fitzlaff was able to continue his lead through the second half pit stop session. All drivers made it through pitstops relatively unscathed but Lack was served a penalty to drive with the opposite hand. Lack's penalty allowed Wiedemann to move past and secure the second position. A few laps later, Margetta spun off the track using up his last de-slot and ending his race, leaving the race to be decided by the JMM Racing team. Points leader Lack also used his last de-slot and finished third.

With time running low, Wiedemann picked up the pace and started to knock laps off of Fitzlaff's lead. Charging back to the lead lap with 13 seconds left Wiedemann tried to grab the lead away from Fitzlaff. A final spin in the tight 180 turn in the South Shore infield sealed the deal and Fitzlaff cruised to the win, a half lap ahead of Wiedemann.

With the victory, the tenth of his IndySlotCar career, Fitzlaff jumped to eighth in the standings. Lack's third place finish kept him in the series standings lead, twenty-eight points ahead of Wiedemann.

-Ev Kamikawa leapt to second in the Husarsbilt Cup standings with his first win of the season at the Duane Sweeney Memorial GP at Badger Raceway

-Mike Lack missed his first final of the season but maintains a seven point lead in the championship

Who’s Hot

-John Wiedemann has made the final in all four races so far this season

-Matt Hayek has won both races he has entered this season, the only multiple win driver this season

Stats Watch

-Ev Kamikawa breaks a three-way tie with series founder Phil Cianciola and Dan Margetta on the all-time wins list, with his victory at Badger, moving him alone to second with 37.

-Dean Strom’s pole position at his home track moves him into a three-way with Matt Hayek and Chad Sorce tie for 14th place on the all-time pole positions list with 6.

-Strom also moved in to 13th and 14th in all-time Heat Wins and Finals appearances with a total of 26 and 36 respectively.

-Mike Fitzlaff moves into a 10th place tie for all-time starts equaling John Baas with 135.

-John Wiedemann pulled even with John Shea for all-time starts with 99, good for 17th place. JW is expected to become the 17th driver in series history to make 100 IndySlotCar Series starts at the Turkey Trot.

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